Commentary
I am Derek Chauvin, and I am George Floyd. Who are you?
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The Boston Theater Critics Association should take action in support of #MeToo. But this will probably be the last year I request that Israel Horovitz’s Elliot Norton Prize be withdrawn.
Was this alternate history lesson too much of a downer for viewers weighed down by the burdens of their own unexpected rendezvous with history?
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“We’re at the end, or toward the end, of an extended collapse of the institutions that made it possible for many of us to make a living through intellectual or creative activity. We’ll have to find another way.”
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Those who survive the climate crisis will regard American theater’s current indifference with incredulity and disgust.
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Lynn Shelton had developed what was becoming her own distinctive blend of comedy and drama, one that drew on strong writing, improvisation, and women characters.
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Even though options for parents abound, the very best option remains the simplest — pick up a book, snuggle up, and read.
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These products are imaginative clues to what our ‘new normal’ future will be like.
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During this crisis, please help sustain this independent magazine’s commitment to keeping our arts and culture vibrant and alive.
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Author Interview: Peniel E. Joseph on “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.”
“Malcolm X and MLK evolved over time and came to converge in surprising ways. Malcolm’s movement for radical black dignity became a global human rights touchstone in a manner that made King’s struggle for radical black citizenship both necessary and more expansive.”
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